diff --git a/application/configs/conf.php b/application/configs/conf.php
index c46d38b69..8f077ab81 100644
--- a/application/configs/conf.php
+++ b/application/configs/conf.php
@@ -7,13 +7,7 @@ global $CC_CONFIG;
 
 $CC_CONFIG = array(
     // Database config
-    'dsn'           => array(
-        'username'      => 'airtime',
-        'password'      => 'airtime',
-        'hostspec'      => 'localhost',
-        'phptype'       => 'pgsql',
-        'database'      => 'airtime',
-    ),
+    'dsn'           => load_db_config(),
 
     // Name of the web server user
     'webServerUser' => 'www-data',
@@ -171,6 +165,15 @@ set_include_path('.'.PATH_SEPARATOR.$CC_CONFIG['pearPath']
 //	exit(1);
 //}
 //$CC_DBC->setFetchMode(DB_FETCHMODE_ASSOC);
-
+function load_db_config(){
+	$ini_array = parse_ini_file(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../build/database.conf', true);
+		
+	return array(        
+        'username'      => $ini_array['database']['dbuser'],
+        'password'      => $ini_array['database']['dbpass'],
+        'hostspec'      => $ini_array['database']['host'],
+        'phptype'       => 'pgsql',
+        'database'      => $ini_array['database']['dbname']);
+}
 
 ?>
diff --git a/build/database.conf b/build/database.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b0e7fca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/database.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[database]
+host = localhost
+dbname = airtime
+dbuser = airtime
+dbpass = airtime
+
diff --git a/build/update_db_info.py b/build/update_db_info.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38c820b2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/update_db_info.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+"""
+The purpose of this script is to consolidate into one location where 
+we need to update database host, dbname, username and password.
+
+This script reads from database.conf.
+"""
+
+import ConfigParser
+import xml.dom.minidom
+from xml.dom.minidom import Node
+
+#Read the universal values
+parser = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
+parser.read('database.conf')
+section_names = parser.sections();
+items_in_section = parser.items(section_names[0])
+
+
+print "Updating ../application/configs/application.ini"
+host = 'resources.db.params.host'
+dbname = 'resources.db.params.dbname'
+username = 'resources.db.params.username'
+password = 'resources.db.params.password'
+
+f = file('../application/configs/application.ini','r')
+file_lines = []
+
+for line in f:
+    if line[0:len(host)] == host:
+        line= '%s = "%s"\n' % (host, parser.get('database', 'host'))
+    elif line[0:len(dbname)] == dbname:
+        line= '%s = "%s"\n' % (dbname, parser.get('database', 'dbname'))
+    elif line[0:len(username)] == username:
+        line= '%s = "%s"\n' % (username, parser.get('database', 'dbuser'))
+    elif line[0:len(password)] == password:
+        line= '%s = "%s"\n' % (password, parser.get('database', 'dbpass'))
+    file_lines.append(line)
+f.close()
+
+f = file('../application/configs/application.ini', 'w')
+f.writelines(file_lines)
+f.close()
+
+
+print "Updating ./build.properties"
+
+f = file('build.properties', 'r')
+file_lines = []
+
+db_url = 'propel.database.url'
+
+for line in f:
+    if line[0:len(db_url)] == db_url:
+        line = '%s = pgsql:host=%s dbname=%s user=%s password=%s\n' % \
+        (db_url, parser.get('database', 'host'), parser.get('database', 'dbname'), parser.get('database', 'dbuser'), \
+        parser.get('database', 'dbpass'))
+    file_lines.append(line)
+f.close()
+
+f = file('build.properties', 'w')
+f.writelines(file_lines)
+f.close()
+
+print "Updating ./runtime-conf.xml"
+
+doc = xml.dom.minidom.parse('./runtime-conf.xml')
+
+node = doc.getElementsByTagName("dsn")[0]
+node.firstChild.nodeValue = 'pgsql:host=%s;port=5432;dbname=%s;user=%s;password=%s' % (parser.get('database', 'host'), \
+parser.get('database', 'dbname'), parser.get('database', 'dbuser'), parser.get('database', 'dbpass'))
+
+xml_file = open('runtime-conf.xml', "w")
+xml_file.writelines(doc.toxml('utf-8'))
+xml_file.close()
+
+
+
diff --git a/utils/airtime-import.php b/utils/airtime-import.php
index 21d47e2de..2323abbf4 100644
--- a/utils/airtime-import.php
+++ b/utils/airtime-import.php
@@ -238,11 +238,7 @@ if ($DEBUG_IMPORT) {
     $testonly = false;
     $importMode = "link";
     $files = array("/path/to/your/test/file.mp3");
-    $dsn =  array('username' => 'airtime',
-                  'password' => 'airtime',
-                  'hostspec' => 'localhost',
-                  'phptype' => 'pgsql',
-                  'database' => 'airtime');
+    $dsn = $CC_CONFIG['dsn'];
 } else {
     $dsn = $CC_CONFIG['dsn'];
 }